It is, according to Inumet, a “cold front” that “affects the country”causing “storms some punctually strong”.
In the affected areas it will be possible to register “intense rains in short periods, occasional hail, intense electrical activity and strong gusts of wind.”
The alert will be updated at 2:20 p.m.or before “significant changes”.
Localities affected by the yellow alert
Artigas: the whole department.
Long Hill: Aceguá.
Paysandu: Drums.
Rivera: the whole department.
Leap: Albisu, Arapey, Belén, Biassini, Cayetano, Cerro de Vera, Colonia Itapebí, Constitución, Fernández, Garibaldi, Itapebí, Lluveras, Migliaro, Puntas de Valentín, Quintana, Rincón de Valentín, San Antonio, Sarandí de Arapey, Saucedo and Termas del Arapey.
Tacuarembó: Ansina, Arerungua, Iporá Spa, La Pedrera, Paso Bonilla, Paso del Cerro, Pueblo de Arriba, Pueblo de Barro, Sauce de Batoví, Tacuarembó and Drums.